Just in case anyone is going in early, there will be a meet n greet with at least me from the cosplay team so as to say hello and what we do and what we would like to do but need volunteers to help with and all that fun stuff
Bill offered 10am on Saturday (I think the second stage, will confirm with him this week) so while it is not ideal it does at least get it out of the way of photoshoots etc. I am not sure if I'm going to be Regina or Mystique but I'm completely approachable unless zipping about doing official things and then will usually offer an option for contact later

If been doing Cosplay photography for about 8 months, normal photography for 3 years.

Oh wow, what camera do you use?
I started in like November last year I guess. I saved up most of the year for a DSLR and I'm slowly learning more and more how to use it xD Though, I don't often take pictures of people so I suck at cosplay photography at the moment.